WAILUKU - A 20-year-old Kula man, who suffered a brain injury in one of his criminal cases, was sentenced Friday to one year in jail and five years' probation in three cases involving abuse, theft and assault.

Second Circuit Judge Richard Bissen ordered that Conrad Blackstad-Kiaaina's case be sent to his courtroom if the Kula man violates his probation. Bissen said at that time he will "entertain consecutive sentencing" for Blackstad-Kiaaina.

Deputy Prosecutor Jerrie Sheppard asked for a five-year prison term for the safety of the community.

"This defendant was completely out of control," she said.

In July 2008, she said, the defendant got into a "jealous rage" and took his former girlfriend to a secluded place and beat her and refused to take her to the hospital for treatment.

But he later took her to the hospital, and when he found out police were looking for him, he ran, Sheppard said.

Then in November 2008, Blackstad-Kiaaina went to the same former girlfriend's home to drop off items and saw her brother and the man that his former girlfriend had a child with inside the home.

He threatened them and then went to get a baseball bat from his vehicle and went into the home to assault the men, Sheppard said.

Instead Blackstad-Kiaaina was hit in the head with his own bat, she said.

Even after Blackstad-Kiaaina was hospitalized, in March of this year, he got caught in another criminal act, in which he helped others steal tires and rims from a truck at the Queen Ka'ahumanu Center, Sheppard said.

She said Blackstad-Kiaaina drove the getaway truck.

But Defense attorney Hayden Aluli argued for a lesser sentence, saying his client has no prior criminal record nor a juvenile record.

He said society recognizes that young men of Blackstad-Kiaaina's age oftentimes are still trying to find their way and are not fully grown up.

Aluli said his client also had a hard family situation, as there was no father present in his childhood.

He added that in one of the cases involving Blackstad-Kiaaina assaulting others with a baseball bat, it was actually his client who suffered.

"He lost the fight. He will carry that for the rest of his life," Aluli said.

He said his client suffered a serious injury to his brain and now suffers from seizures and blackouts and takes many different types of medications.

Blackstad-Kiaaina's mother, Nicole Blackstad, asked that her son not be sent to jail as she fears he could die if he is hit on the head again.

"My son is not a violent person. I don't understand what has happened," she said.

Blackstad-Kiaaina apologized in court.

"I take full responsibility for my actions," he said.

After listening to the arguments, Bissen said he was sending Blackstad-Kiaaina to the full jail term for the abuse, which is one year. He also ordered the defendant to pay $3,199 in restitution.

Blackstad-Kiaaina was also sentenced to five years' probation for the other cases. All terms will run concurrently.

Blackstad-Kiaaina pleaded no contest to abuse of a family or household member for the incident on July 27, 2008, with his former girlfriend. He also pleaded no contest to unlawful entry into a dwelling and two counts of second-degree assault for the incident on Nov. 14, 2008. He pleaded no contest to a charge of second-degree theft for stealing the rims and tires on March 3.